Tile and brick kiln



(No Model.)

. A E. DAVENPORT.

\ Tile andBrk. Kiln- No. 239,460. l Patented March 29,1881.

WITNESSBS: |`5C INVENToRe:

N PETERS, PHOTO-UTHQGRJAEHER. WASHINGTON. i110 PATENT OEEICE.

EBEE DAVENPORT, OE vvAYNEsvILLE, ILLINOIS.

TILE AND BRICK KILN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 239,460, dated March29, 1881.

Application filed December 15, issu. (No model.)

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EBEE DAVENPORT, of

Waynesville, in the county of De Witt and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and use` ful Improvement in Tile and Brick Kilns, ofwhich the following is a specification.

Figure l is a sectional elevation of the improvement, taken through theline fr, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation taken `through the liney y, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation taken through the line z z,Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish kilns for burning bricks,tiles, and earthenware, so constructed that the contents of the kilnswill be burned evenly, and with a much less expenditure of fuel than ispossible in kilns constructed in the ordinary manner.

The invention consists in the combination, with the outer walls, ofpermanent divisionwalls and lire-walls, and the arched roofs, wherebythe products of combustion are de ilected downward, and are preventedfrom passing directly from one section ofthe kiln to another, as will behereinafter fully described.

A are the outer walls of the kiln, which are built of ordinary brick,and are bound and braced in the ordinary manner, to prevent them fromspringing or bending. rIhe kiln is divided into three parts or sectionsby two walls, B, which are vbuilt of fire-brick. Each part or section ofthe kiln is covered by an arched or crown roof, G.

The innerwalls, B, may be of the same height as the outer walls, A, asshown in full lines in Fig. l, or the inner walls, B, may be higher thanthe outer walls, A, giving to the arched or crownwroofs G the positionsshown in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

Beneath the floor D of the kiln are formed channels, trenches, or iluesE, leading from openings F in the floors D of the side sections toopenings G in the floor D of the middle section.

In the roof C ofthe middle section, al on g the central line and' atsuitable distances apart, are formed openings, in which are securedthelower ends of iron stacks H, of such aheight as will give the necessarydraft tothe kiln.

At a little distance from and parallelwith the outer walls, A, of theside sections are built the fire-walls I, extending nearly to the roofsC of the said sections.

Along the outer sides ofthe outer walls, A, ofthe side sections of thekiln are built a suitable number of furnaces, J, from the lire-chambersof which openings K lead through the lower parts of the'said outerwalls, A.

In the outer walls, A, at the ends ofthe sections, are formed openingsL, for convenience in putting in and taking out the wares.

Vv'ith this construction the tiles, bricks, or wares can be put in andarranged in any couvenient order.

In using the kiln, when the Wares have been putin and the lires started,the products of combustion pass through the openings Ii, rise throughthe spaces between the fire-walls I and the outer walls, A, strikeagainst the arched roofs C, and are deflected downward among the waresplaced in the side sections. The products of combustion pass, throughthe Openings F,vilues E, and openings G, into the middle section, passup among the wares placed in the said middle section, and escape throughthe stacks H.

With this construction the amount of fuel required is very muchlessened, and the Wares are burned evenly, as the products of combustioncirculate evenly through all parts of the kiln.

Having thus fully described my invention, Iclaim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 'Ihe combination, with the building A, provided with partition-walls B, Jdre-walls I, arched roof C, and.perforated lioors G, of the furnaces J, ilues E, and Asmoke-stacks H,substantially as described, whereby the draft is deflected from theroofs of the outer apartments, and passes through the lines into themiddle chamber, and thence out at the smoke-stacks.

EBEE DAVENPORT.

Witnesses CARLON C. ALDEIOH, WM. W. DUNHAM.

